Stretched e-Muggy (Baja-style) Build Thread

[Overdriven]

Thzero, with your 24mm Baja hex idea. How about using the rc8t size pin, and drill a new hole for it 90 degrees from the original holes? Or would the hole still be too close to the edge of the adapter even with he smaller pin? Brians look pretty darn close to the edge and his have held up...

Love this build btw Brian.

[thzero]

Can't use the 3mm pin, its too small for the Baja hexes. I had thought of doing the 4mm hole as you said 90 degrees from the origin holes, about 1 or 2mm away from the original hole. Same thing would work for the LST2 axles (or any other 8mm truggy/buggy style axle).

Issue really is I don't think I have the skill to drill a new hole in the axle dead-on. :)

Originally Posted by Overdriven

Thzero, with your 24mm Baja hex idea. How about using the rc8t size pin, and drill a new hole for it 90 degrees from the original holes? Or would the hole still be too close to the edge of the adapter even with he smaller pin? Brians look pretty darn close to the edge and his have held up...

[brian015]

Originally Posted by thzero

Issue really is I don't think I have the skill to drill a new hole in the axle dead-on. :)

I think Overdriven is saying to drill a new 3mm hole in the Baja hex - not your axle.

The way that I drilled the hole in my adapter was pretty straightforward - I used the flats of the hex and clamped it to my drill-press table - no need for a jig and it was easy to get the pin hole straight through the adapter at a right angle to where the axle would go through.

My wife has the camera - so no pics for now.

Edit: I'm not sure that you need that much material behind the pin - the pin is there to hold the hex in place, but the axle itself provides the mechanical support for the hex - so an impact is absorbed mainly by the axle, not the pin (in my thinking).